Mrs. Amanda Sanchez Solis

2nd Grade Class

Email Me at

amsanchez111@rgccisd.org

Conferance Period

9:45-10:25

Call me at

956-487-7043

Class Schedule

7:30-8:00 ------------------ Announcements & Breakfast/Writing

8:00-9:45 ----------------------------------------Reading/Spelling/Grammar

9:45-10:25 -------------------------PE/Counseling/Library

10:25-11:45 ----------------------------------------------Math

11:45-12:30 ------------------------------------------------ Lunch

12:30-1:55 ------------------------- Science/ Social Studies

2:00-2:30 -----------------------------------Computers

2:30-3:25 ---------------------------------------------------Power Hour

3:25-3:30 ------------------------------------Homework & Dismissal

Subject

Homework

Schedule

Reading

Unit 5    Changes, Changes Everywhere

Lesson 21    

Penguin Chick

(Narrative Nonfiction p. 191-206)

Lesson 22  

 Gabriela, Who Might Be My Best Friend

 (Realistic Fiction p. 221-236)

Lesson 23   

The Goat in the Rug

(Narrative Nonfiction p. 251-268)

Lesson 24    

Half Chicken

(Folk Tale p. 283-298)

Lesson 25  

 How Groundhog's Garden Grew

(Fantasy p. 313-332)

Aside from all unfinished class work the students must complete the following homework schedule every week.

• Monday- Finish the definitions for vocabulary and study them all week long.
• Tuesday- Reread the story with the children and do attached questions orally**.
• Wednesday- Identify the main characters, setting, problem and solution on paper.
• Thursday- Write a paragraph summarizing the story. (At least eight sentences.)
• Friday- Reading common assessments

• Students must clip out magazine articles and paste them to a folded construction paper and write a brief summary underneath.

* Vocabulary words are Challenge words listed below in Spelling Section.*

**Reading Questions to be done orally**

1. Who is the author of the story?
2. Who is the illustrator?
3. Who is/ are the main character(s)?
4. Who are the supporting characters?
5. Where did the story take place?
6. How much time passed throughout the story?
7. What is/are the problem(s) the character(s) face(s)?
8. How did the character(s) solve the problem?
9. How do you think the character felt during the story?
10. What do you think would have done if it had been you?
11. What happened in the beginning?
12. What happened in the middle?
13. What happened in the end?
14. Do you like the story? Why or why not?
15. How would you have changed the story to make it better?

Spelling

Homework Everyday

Unit 5    Changes, Changes Everywhere

Lesson 21    

Penguin Chick

1. father
2. over
3. under
4. herd
5. water
6. verb
7. paper
8. cracker
9. offer
10. cover
11. germ
12. master
13. fern
14. ever

Challenge Words

15. remember

16. feather

17.webbed

18. waterproof

19. steer

20. whistle

21. otherwise

22.junior

23. slippery

24. finally

Lesson 22  

 Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend

1. meet
2. meat
3. week
4. weak
5. mane
6. main
7. tale
8. tail
9. be
10. bee
11. two
12. too
13. sea
14. see

Challenge Words

15. threw

16. through

17.knot

18.copy

19. planning

20. lonely

21. heavily

22.seriously

23. answered

24. guessed

Lesson 23   

The Goat in the Rug

1. helpful
2. sadly
3. hopeful
4. thankful
5. slowly
6. wishful
7. kindly
8. useful
9. safely
10. painful
11. mouthful
12. weakly
13. jumped
14. saying

Challenge Words

15. quickly

16. wonderful

17.yarn

18. spinning

19. dye

20. weave

21. sharpening

22.duplicated

23. delicious

24. strands

Lesson 24  

Half-Chicken

1. unhappy
2. retell
3. untangle
4. unkind
5. repaint
6. refill
7. unlike
8. remake
9. unpack
10. reread
11. unlock
12. replay
13. read
14. happy

Challenge Words

15. rewrite

16. overheard

17.tumbling

18. flung

19. tangled

20. empty

21. swift

22.peacefully

23. stream

24. blazed

Lesson 25 

 How Groundhogs Garden Grew

1. tall
2. saw
3. dog
4. draw
5. call
6. fall
7. soft
8. paw
9. ball
10. yawn
11. log
12. small
13. all
14. walk

Challenge Words

15. awful

16. wallpaper

17.crops

18. sprouting

19. blossomed

20. drooping

21. underneath

22.harmful

23. fortunate

24. promised

Aside from all unfinished class work the students must complete the following homework schedule every week.

• Monday- Write the spelling words 10X each. Challenge words included.
• Tuesday- write the words in alphabetical order.
• Wednesday- write one complete sentence for each word.
• Thursday- Write the words 10X each
• Friday- Spelling test.

Grammar

Wk 1:   Adjectives

Wk 2: Adjectives

Wk 3:  Irregular Verbs

Wk 4: Commas in Sentences

Wk 5: Irregular Action Verbs

Review/Assessment

Writing

Write to Inform

   Summary

   Letter

How to's

Math

Chapter 8  

Measure Time and Temperature

Lesson 1 “Read temperature”

Lesson 2 “Estimate time ”

Lesson 3 “Time to the Hour and Half Hour ”

Lesson 4 "Time to the quarter Hour "

Lesson 5 "Time to five minute Intervals"

Chapter 9

Model Fractions

Lesson 1 "Unit fractions"

Lesson 2 "Other fractions"

Lesson 3 "Fractions equal to one"

Lesson 4 "Compare fractions"

Chapter 11

Geometry

Lesson 1 "Three Dimensional Figures"

Lesson 2 "Faces, Edges, and Vertices"

Lesson 3 "Two-Dimensional figures"

Worksheets as given

Science

Worksheets as given

Social Studies

Unit #4 

Learn About People

Lesson 1: Our Country of Many People

Lesson 2: People On the Move

Lesson 3: Family Heritage

Lesson 4: Community Celebrations

Unit #5

Past and Present

Lesson 1:Measuring Time

Lesson 2: Tracing a Communities History

Lesson 3: Celebrating our Countries History

Lesson 4: Celebrating Heroes of the past

Lesson 5: Contributions in World History

Review and Test

Worksheets as given